Fifth Circuit upholds Texas social media censorship law HotAir

Since the federal government under Joe Biden s leadership is obviously never going to do anything about social media platforms censoring primarily conservative opinions and banning users, Texas took matters into its own hands. They passed a law banning such practices and allowing for lawsuits against the platforms that continue to do it. That law was immediately challenged in court by Big Tech, but they ran into some additional bad news this week. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on the case yesterday and sided with Texas, declaring that there is no constitutional protection for censorship and censorship does not qualify as free speech. (That s what the plaintiffs amazingly tried to claim.) This may wind up in front of the Supreme Court, but until then, the law is expected to go into effect after the appeals court transmits written instructions to the lower court that initially ruled on the case as to how they need to proceed. Chalk this one up as a win for Greg Abbott, at least for now. (Politico)

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